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Hello. I’m Rachel Hobson.
大家好。我是瑞秋·霍布森。
And I’m Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight.
我是鲁比·琼斯。欢迎收听重点报道节目。
This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
“My wife and I decided to go out to eat Japanese food.
“我和妻子决定出去吃日本料理。
But I was not satisfied.
但我并不满意。
The cook used too much oil on the first part of our meal.
厨师在我们这顿饭的第一部分用油太多了。
And then the fish was not fresh!”
而且鱼也不新鲜！”
These are the words of a man in the United States.
这是一个美国人说的话。
He ate some Japanese food in an eating place - a restaurant.
他在一家餐馆吃了一些日本料理。
But he was very unhappy with the food.
但他对那顿日本料理很不满意。
He felt that it was not truly Japanese.
他觉得这不是真正的日本料理。
Many Japanese people would agree with him.
许多日本人同意他的观点。
Food is extremely important in Japan.
食物在日本极其重要。
Some Japanese consider food preparation to be an art.
一些日本人认为料理食物是一门艺术。
So the quality of food served in restaurants in Japan is very high.
因此，日本餐馆提供的食物质量非常高。
But there are many reports that Japanese food made outside of Japan is not good.
但有很多报道称，在日本境外制作的日本料理并不好吃。
The Japanese government is worried about this.
日本政府对此感到担忧。
It believes that bad food does not represent Japan well.
它认为，劣质食物不能很好地代表日本。
In November 2006, the Japanese Agriculture Minister had an idea.
2006年11月，日本农业大臣有了一个主意。
He wanted to increase the amount of Japanese food exported to other countries.
他想增加出口到其他国家的日本食品的数量。
And he wanted to improve the quality of Japanese food outside of Japan.
他还想提高国外日本料理的质量。
He suggested that Japanese food experts should visit Japanese restaurants all around the world.
他建议日本料理专家应该走访世界各地的日式餐馆。
They could then test the food in these restaurants.
他们可以在这些餐馆里测试食物。
They would say if the food was authentic - really Japanese.
他们会确认食物是不是正宗的——真正的日本料理。
They would give any good restaurant an official sign that showed it cooked authentic Japanese food.
他们会给任何一家好餐馆一个官方标志，表明它做的是正宗的日本料理。
Everyone would know the food there was truly Japanese.
每个人都会知道那里的食物是真正的日本料理。
